Produced by Chuck Greif and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This book was produced from scanned images of public domain material from the Google Print project.) [Illustration: BOOKCOVER] [Illustration: COLOGNE CATHEDRAL] [Illustration: MAP of the RHINE VALLEY] THE CATHEDRALS AND CHURCHES OF THE RHINE By FRANCIS MILTOUN AUTHOR OF "THE CATHEDRALS OF NORTHERN FRANCE," "THE CATHEDRALS OF SOUTHERN FRANCE," "DICKENS' LONDON," ETC., WITH NINETY ILLUSTRATIONS, PLANS, AND DIAGRAMS, By BLANCHE McMANUS [Illustration] BOSTON L. C. Page and Company PUBLISHERS _Copyright, 1905_ BY L. C. PAGE & COMPANY (INCORPORATED) _All rights reserved_ Published September, 1905 Second Impression, May, 1909 _COLONIAL PRESS_ _Electrotyped and Printed by C. H. Simonds & Co._ _Boston, U. S. A._ CONTENTS CHAPTER PAGE Apologia v I. Introductory 1 II. The Rhine Cities and Towns 13 III. The Church in Germany 29 IV. Some Characteristics of Rhenish Architecture 40 V. The Accessories of German Churches 56 VI. Constance and Schaffhausen 68 VII. Basel and Colmar 83 VIII. Freiburg 93 IX. Strasburg 97 X. Metz 114 XI. Speyer 127 XII. Carlsruhe, Darmstadt, and Wiesbaden 134 XIII. Heidelberg and Mannheim 142 XIV. Worms 149 XV. Frankfort 155 XVI. Mayence 161 XVII. Bacharach, Bingen, and Rudesheim 172 XVIII. Limburg 181 XIX. Coblenz and Boppart 187 XX. Laach and Stolzenfels 194 XXI. Andernach and Sinzig 199 XXII. Trèves 202 XXIII. Bonn 208 XXIV. Godesberg and Rolandseck 226 XXV. Cologne and Its Cathedral 232 XXVI. The Churches of Cologne 264 XXVII. Aix-la-Chapelle 277 XXVIII. Liège 295 XXIX. Düsseldorf, Neuss, and München-Gladbach 304 XXX. Essen and Dortmund 318 XXXI. Emmerich, Clèves, and Xanten 326 XXXII. Arnheim, Utrecht, and Leyden 331 Appendix 347 Index 363 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS PAGE Cologne Cathedral _Frontispiece_